Demanding resignation of Chief Minister Harish Rawat after the sting operation ‘revealed’ the CM’s secretary demanding bribe in the name of the CM from the liquor mafia, hundreds of BJP’s youth affiliate Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha (BJYM) activists gheroaed the Secretariat on Thursday.BJYM members demanded a CBI probe aside from immediate dismissal of the secretary to the CM Mohammad Shahid.
BJYM activists and other BJP supporters assembled at BJP Mahanagar office near Parade Ground and took out a rally upto Secretariat at noon. The protesters raised slogans against the State Government and the state Chief Minister, dubbing the latter as the fountain-head of corruption in the State. The protesters were stopped at the barricade outside the Secretariat by police. Verbal arguments between them and police followed after which the agitators squatted on the ground and continued with sloganeering.
As many as 45 BJYM workers, including Mussoorie MlA Ganesh Joshi, courted arrest before the magistrate, informed Dehradun City Magistrate lalit Narayan Mishra.BJYM member Jitendra Rawat said, “We demand resignation of the CM after the sting operation denuded corruption right in the CM’s office. He demanded a CBI probe into the matter and prompt dismissal of Mohammad Shahid. They would intensify the protest across the State if their demands are not met soon, he warned.